[John Lenin]

Sir, do you think it was a mistake putting a 5 foot tall woman in to guard a 6 foot tall middle linebacker ?

Absolutely not ....

[don-o]

Noticed that they had 15 deputies, ten of 'em packing and had the perp in chanins and manacles at his prelim this morning.

[KenmcG414]

Political Correctness run amok! It sounds like the Atlanta PD was running away from the killer.

[rdcorso]

It's a mistake to leave one officer to guard an inmate in an isolated area no matter if the officer is male or female.I'm sure Nichols could have taken out most of the male officers almost as easily as he took out the female.An officer is put in vulnerable positions while putting restraints on and off of inmates.I've seen some good size officers be put to sleep by a punch hitting them while they were distracted.If there was another officer with her he/she could have called for assistance immediately instead of allowing him to sneak up on those he killed.